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Slide guitar king Roy Rogers (not to be confused with the old cowboy star of the same name) has played with everyone from John Lee Hooker to Bonnie Raitt to John Gorka, and that musical range is the key to what makes SPLIT DECISION tick. Stylistically speaking, Rogers mixes things up more than ever before on this album, moving from stomping Chicago blues to expressive, Ry Cooder-like moments to blues-rock and even singer/songwriter territory. Rogers' raw vocal style may be an acquired taste, but his fleet-fingered slide skills are the connecting thread throughout SPLIT DECISION's many musical detours.
Recording information: Studio D Recording, Sausalito, CA (12/2008).
Photographer: Bob Hakins.
Personnel: Roy Rogers (vocals, guitar, piano, percussion); Sam Rogers (vocals, berimbau, bass guitar, percussion); Sam Rogers (bass voice, berimbau, percussion); Ottmar Liebert (guitar); George Brooks (saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Philip Aaberg (piano, keyboards); Steve Ehrmann (bass guitar); Billy Lewis, Billy Lewis & The Rockin' Hearts (drums, percussion).
Audio Mixer: Joel Jaffe.
Living Blues (p.37) - "The three instrumentals are the strongest songs on the set....'Your Sweet Embrace' stirs up emotions by combining East Indian music with flamenco and features world music guitarist Ottmar Liebert." Split Decision Music | List Price | $16.98 (You save $3.33) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, Blues CDs, Country Traditional, Contemporary Blues, Rock | | Label | Blind Pig | | Orig Year | 2009 | | All Time Sales Rank |  84287  | | CD Universe Part number | 7900703 | | Catalog number | 5130 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Apr 21, 2009 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | Roy Rogers; Roy Rogers | | Engineer | Joel Jaffe; Joel Jaffe | | Personnel | Roy Rogers - vocals, guitar, piano, percussion
Roy Rogers - vocals, guitar, piano, percussion
Philip Aaberg - piano, keyboards
Ottmar Liebert - guitar
Billy Lewis
Steve Ehrmann - bass guitar
George Brooks - saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
Sam Rogers - vocals, berimbau, bass guitar, percussion
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